HARARE – Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe governor John Mangudya says a social media message urging Zimbabweans to withdraw all their money in banks before 2016 should be dismissed with the contempt it deserves as it is meant to cause panic and despondency in the economy. “We don’t know the intention of people who are circulating…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s comatose public health sector faces a complete collapse after the country’s under-appreciated nurses — who are poorly-paid and are still to get their December salaries as well as their promised end-of-year bonuses — gave notice to go on strike as from Friday this week. Health experts who spoke to the Daily News…
HARARE – Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai says he is ready to work with his erstwhile colleagues such as Tendai Biti and Elton Mangoma in a bid “to free Zimbabweans from the shackles of Zanu PF”. Speaking in an interview with the Daily News last week, the former prime minister in the government of national unity…
HARARE – Outspoken preacher bishop Ancelimo Magaya, said Zimbabwe’s political situation has now reached a stage where no one including those in Zanu PF are safe from abductions. Reflecting on the deadly factional fights within political parties and the disappearance of human right activist, Itai Dzamara, who was forcibly taken from his home area after…
NEW YORK – The United States is far from alone in dealing with deadly, destructive weather at the moment. Heavy rains in parts of South America, blamed on El Nino, have displaced more than 150,000 people across Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay. Swaths of northern England have disappeared under mammoth flooding, prompting evacuations and dozens…
HARARE – With embattled Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa remaining under the cosh in the warring post-congress Zanu PF, insiders and analysts alike say the Midlands godfather is getting a taste of his own bitter medicine as his party enemies plot to replace him with a woman. Well-placed Zanu PF sources were adamant in interviews with…
HARARE – The ruling Zanu PF government has admitted its failure to develop the country, with Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko (pictured) describing some parts of the country as “downward” notwithstanding the fact that the much hyped about independence was attained some 35 years ago. Zimbabwe gained its independence from the British in 1980, and then…
HARARE – Zimbabweans should brace themselves for a steep electricity tariff hike next year after the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZEDTC) and Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) applied to the Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) for a review of electricity tariffs for 2016. The tariff hike applications come amid debilitating power shortages and blackouts…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe national football team went back into camp yesterday and immediately held their first training session in the afternoon as they step up preparations for the 2016 African Nations Championship (Chan) finals set for Rwanda next month. Preparations for the Chan tournament had been put into turmoil after Zifa sacked coach Calisto…
HARARE – Not long ago, paintball and go-karting seemed like foreign alternatives to local entertainment but they are quickly becoming an instant favourite for outgoing friends and family in Harare. Harare’s go-karting experience at Country Club Karts in Newlands has been top of the list offering an exhilarating experience. And Janie Dufty who helps run…
